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Oshunia brevis

Ionoscopidae

Taxonomy
Oshunia brevis was named by Wenz and Kellner (1986). It is not extant. Its type specimen is CD-P-31, a skeleton. Its type locality is Santana do Cariri (general), which is in an Aptian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal shale in the Romualdo Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Oshunia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Oshunia brevis Wenz and Kellner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
Actinopterygii()
HalecostomiRegan 1903
Halecomorphi(Cope 1872)
familyIonoscopidaeLehman 1966
genusOshunia
speciesbrevis

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Oshunia brevis Wenz and Kellner 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Pernambuco) Oshunia brevis (193050)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (CearĂ¡) Oshunia brevis (92290)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Brazil (Pernacumbo) Oshunia brevis (165422)